VOLUNTEERING.

Evening Star, Issue 12927, 25 September 1906, Page 2

VOLUNTEERING.

Colonel Templeton, G.M.G., the chairman of the Victorian Association, who was present every day at (he last Bisley meeting, carrying out "missionary work" trying to arrange for visits to Australia of British and Canadian teams, discovered that the few Australians competing had taken upon themselves to enter a "scratch" team of eight for the Kolapore Cup. He was able, however, to get the lenders of the movement to withdraw, pointing out to them that Australia, after, her last two " official " teams winning the cup, might have got a very bad advertisement if the "scratch" team had finished near the tail

There are many residents of Taranaki (rajs the local 'Herald'), and especially those who served in the famous old 43rd Regiment, who will he pleased to hear that General F. Colville, C.8., who commanded that regiment, has received the honor of knighthood, having been promoted to K.C-B. in the late list of Birthday honor?. Ho was an excellent officer, and received the C.B. many years ago for his services in New Zealand, where he -was severely wounded in action near Warea on October 22, 1865. A remarkable incident occurred at the Bisley meeting. Colonel Gibb, a famous English marksman, after scoring a string of "bulls" in the) Elcho Shield, was debited ■with a "miss," which was challenged, and the marker's decision given as correct. He put .up several more "bulls,"- then a message came by telephone from the trench that the mossing shot had been discovered in the exact centre of the target. The matter was referred to the Executive, but the score, according to the rules, had' to be disallowed.